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To: Win Smith who wrote (5610)	10/16/2001 4:29:13 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

CMC, you said: "The United States does not have to "do business" according to Islamic, Arab, Asian or any other ways" ...and WS :"...the CIA began providing weapons and funds -- eventually totaling more than $3 billion -- to a fratricidal alliance of seven Afghan resistance groups" You're both right. The US committed guns and money, and it has caused greater damage than innocent American taxpayer/victims could have imagined, if we knew. But, of course, we didn't know. We know now. The answer is either: (a)kill 'em all and have a ball, every few years, in ever-changing alliances and fascinating new technology (Geopolitical Nintendo), or (b)stop sending money, weapons and covert support to all combatants (cut off their allowance & get real jobs) Item (b) seems to be a difficult choice for our lawmakers, who clearly fail to represent the interests of Taxpayer/Victims. It's up to US consumers to remove hundreds of billions of dollars from that region's oil income, starting immediately. We need to find a way for accountable oil and gas purchases. The companies that provide this choice will make billions... I and millions of others will invest in their stock, their gas, diesel, and if there were a way, also their electric production, which already is separable in California and is mostly domestic gas & hydro anyway. It's patriotic, and it'll improve the economy of suppliers we can trust.